Impaling article.



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y IMPALNG- ARTICLE.

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j To all whom t may concern:

Be it known thatfl, PETER A. Munari, a

`subject of the Czarxof Russia, residing `at Dayton, `in the county of,`Montgomery` and State of Ohio, have `invented certain new and `useful almprovements in lmp alingV Articles, of which thelfollowingis, aspecificationularly to table forks.-l

My 'nventionrelates `forks and partic- Themain objets of my inventionare to provide an Vimproved means cooperating with a fork operable to jdislodge impaled food; to provide aconstruction of fork provided with afood-dislodging element or device capable of being fastened to the forkagainst movement; to provide a construction of slidable dislodging meansprovided with food-tine engaging portions and fork-arm engagingportions, and to provide a special construction of slidable dislodgingmeans.

made of bendablematerial to enable its attachment to the fork.

With a view to attaining the foregoing objects as well asadditionalobjects, as will bei come apparent from the descriptionhereinafter following taken in connection with accompanying ydrawingsillustrating the preferred embodiment, the inventionresides in? certainnovel features of construction, ,comi binationand arrangement of parts.j

In saiddrawingsz j. i Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a fork 9 havingmy improved attachment fastened thereto, and i F'g. 2 is a sideelevation of the parts of Fig. 1.

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Referring specifically to the drawings, the

fork is generally'designated` A Vand is preferably of a specificconstruction so asto cooperate `with the specic construction ofthefood-dislodgingimember or element which is generally designated B.

`,Fork A is` bent from a single strand'of flexible wire so as to`provide a handle hav- :ing parallel side arms 1 and a connecting`portion 2 which curves upwardly and laterallyffromithe arms land whichcurves in the path of an arc described from an axis line parallel withand intermediatethe arms 1. The specific shape of the connecting non l jl Specification of Letters Patent. Patenbgd Ust, 16, 1917 Applicationmea November is, i914. serial no. 872,792.

tion enablesit to coiperate with the dis-v4 arms 1. Reinforcing lobes 7are provided by bending or deecting the'tines outwardly at or adjacentthe junction of the diverging arms 6 and the straight portions of thetines. A strand of iiexible or bendable wire is also preferably used inthe manufacture or construction of the dislodgino member or element B asis shown in the drawings. Dislodging element B yhas a laterallyextending loop 8 to be arranged on the opposite side ofthe arms l to theconnecting portion 2. Guide arms 9 depend from the loop 8 and adjacent'the loop are provided with laterally offset` coils 10 which formeyelets through which the arms 1 of the handle of the fork pass andslide. Arms 9 at their lower extremity vextend inwardly at 11 and fromthe inwardly extending portions 11 depend portions l2 which are coiledand twisted together and from which extend laterally in oppositedirections fastening arms 13 which are provided with eyelets 14 at theirouter ends through which the tines 5 pass.

In themanufacture of the article, the fork A and dislodging elements Bare made separately and then fastened together.l Infasteningthe,sections together, fork A is held at an angle to the dislodgingelement B so that the portion 2 will pass through the eyelets 10whereupon the fork and `dislodging A cause the tines to yield or springVinwardly combination of thev ment B is drawn upwardly, sliding'on thetines 5 and arms- 1 by the provision of the eyelets 10 and 14, to itsuppermostV position. In moving to this position, the inner walls of theeyelets l4wengage the lobes 7 which toward each other and the eyelets 14to pass the same. When .the eyelets 14 areabove the lobes-,it will berealized that thek dislodging element is mounted against accidentalvdisplacement in a downward direction. In use the portion 2'is held inthe palm ofthe hand between the index finger and the thumb, and thethumb extends across the portion 8. While thus held, the fork may bethrust into anarticle, for' instance food, and when the article is to beYdislodged from the tines, the thumb may be pressed downwardly againstthe portion 8 which depresses the dislodging element causing it to slidedownwardly pasty the lobes 7 so that the arms 13 will engage the impaledarticle and remove it from the tines 5.

It will be realized that my improved fork overcomes the necessity ofbringingthe fingers into engagement with an impaled article in order todislodge it so that the article maybe handled in a more sanitary mannerYand also so that the article may be handled more expeditiously. u

l/Vhile my improved fork is particularly designed for table use,nevertheless the improvements may be embodied in forks generally, forinstance in pitch forks,without departing from the spirit and scope lofmy invention. i f

It is to -be understood that inasmuch as I have shown only the.preferred embodiment of my invention, that changes in the details ofconstruction, arrangement and to without departing rom the spirit andscope of the invention. J Y

Having thus described my invention what I claim isza, n

1. In 4combination with an impaling article member, a dislodging member,one of said members having a frame with side arms, the other memberhaving side arms, two of said "side arms being coiled intermediate their`ends to provide eyeletsintowhich the remaining side arms are insertiblethrugh movement. of one member relatively to the parts may ybe,resorted' other member initiated when the members are at an angle toeach other.

2. In combination with an impaling article member, a dislodging member,one of Said membersmhaving Vside arms, the other of saidmembe'rs havingside arms, the side arms of one member being coiled intermediate theirends to provide eyelets and the sidearms of the other of said membersextending laterally and inwardly at a portion thereof tofacilitateinsertion into the eyelets through movement of one member relatively tothe other member initiated when the members are at an angle to eachother.

3. In lcombination with van impaling article member, a dislodging membermounted thereon and slidable vrelatively.thereto, means'y ktolpositively Y secure Athe members against accidentalY relative slidingmovement ,when the dislodging member is at: Ythe limitk of itsretracting movement Vand-'yet permit said members to be moved forcibly,said means incliiding elementsy one of which isy located oneachmember,"o'ne of said elements being movable relatively to the other,ele; ment and operable by the movement 'fof the members relatively toeach other.V

4. In combination withfan' impaling varticle, a dislodging elementslidably mounted thereon, means to fasten said article and elementagainst relative ysliding movement, said article having a vhandleextending at i anangle tothe Vremainder thereof, and said eyeletsthrough which the side armsofthe handle pass, yand-fastening arms Vincontinuation of saidside arms ofV theV dislodgin'g elements, said tinesengaging said fastening arms one of said fastening arms being en.-gageable with said lobe.

6. In combination with an impalingarticle having a 'handlefprovided withside arms `and withv a laterally extending Vrconnecting arm, linwardlyextending arms 'adjacent one extremity of the side arms,l"arms` incontinuation of said inwardly extending arms depending therefrom andybeing fastened together, `and tines depending from said depending arms,one of said tines being provided with a'lobe and being yieldable, adislodging element having a llaterally, ex-y Lampes which the side armsof the article handle tating their connection with and oletachi pass,arms in continuation of the side arms ment from the tines. 10 of thedislodging elements fastened to- In testimonyvwhereof I ax my signaturegether, and fastening arms extending latin presence of tWo Witnesses. 5erally from said` latter arms and being PETER A. MURAF.

" provided With eyelets through which said Witnesses:

tines pass, said laterally extending arms RUSSELL J HAYNES, beingyieldable for the purpose of faoili- MARGARET HORAN.

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